Wow oh Wow, God is good! God is so faithful, His desire is that none should perish but that all come to repentance and faith in Jesus! This was so apparent as we taught FDG (Faith Discovery Group) for the second time in early March.
Just like in the 1st class, the
Holy Spirit was powerfully at work right from the first day, opening the hearts
of our students (26 of them) to the gospel.
My heart breaks as the students share about being abandoned or rejected
by their parents, experiencing the trauma of violent crime, and trying to
recover from the deep hurt of rape.
I (Mike) would like to share a couple brief testimonies from our
group:
"At first I didn’t believe in God. I had this anger that lived within me, and I asked myself that if God is as good as he is said to be, than why did he take both my parents? I always blamed God for everything that is going on in my life. I am now a changed person. I have found the heart to try and to let go and forgive. I now believe in God, for he is a loving, caring, and forgiving God. I can now proudly say that I believe in God. It’s all thanks to faith discovery group."
"Firstly when I was here at the faith discovery group I was not myself because I have a sin [and do] not forgive myself for what happened to my brother and I blame God for what happened to my brother. When I’m watching TV or movies and I see a story, I feel the pain and I will start to cry because I know how my brother die and I see him when he was stabbed. But now I started to forgive myself and I also pray God that he must forgive me for blaming him for what [is] happening to myself. My life has been change because of the session of the faith discovery group and like to thank Mike and Mawande for helping me and give me an advice to me that God is here for me."
God’s hand moved powerfully among this group, and on at the
end of the class, 9 out of the 26 students gave their lives to the Lord for the
first time.
Wow, so encouraging! Thanks for sharing!
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